Colleagues may be interested in the following seminar




apologies for cross-posting - please see below for info on a forthcoming 
seminar at the University of Bath. let me know if you are interested in 
attending or in joining our email list of forthcoming events : thanks
chris griffin

University of Bath
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Research Seminar

'THE TROUBLE WITH KIDS TODAY'
RETHINKING CONTEMPORARY CHILDHOOD

Thursday, February 26th 2009
4.15pm to 6.30pm
Room 3 West North 2.1, University of Bath

To mark the launch of the University of Bath Childhood and Youth Research 
Group (CYRG), this Seminar will examine the implications of the Good 
Childhood Inquiry (The Children's Society) and explore the challenges 
facing children in contemporary childhood, with a particular focus on the 
intersection between childhood and consumption.

Programme

4.15 - 4.25		Introductions and welcome:
Professor Christine Griffin (Psychology) and Dr Tess Ridge (Social Policy): 
Convenors of CYRG

4.25 - 5.00		Jim Davis,
			Good Childhood Inquiry Panel member
			The Children's Society

5.00 - 5.35		Dr Lydia Martens,
			Senior Lecturer in Sociology
			University of Keele

5.35 - 6.10		Dr Agnes Nairn
			Co-author of 'Consumer Kids'
		EM-Lyon Business School & RSM Erasmus University

6.10 - 6.30		Discussion and closing remarks


Professor Christine Griffin
Professor of Social Psychology
Head of Department
Department of Psychology
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY, UK

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